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Affiliate Program Legalities

I am considering starting my own affiliate program for my website and building it from scratch.

I was wondering if there are any legalities that I should be aware of. For example, writing checks and sending them to people... are they then somehow considered employees? Do I have to fill out any special paperwork for each affiliate?